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Lord Kunthunath was the seventeenth Tirthankar of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.
Symbol - Goat
| Father |
Surasen |
| Mother |
Mata Sridevi |
| Clan Name |
Ikshvaku |
| Place of Birth |
Hastinapur |
| Source of Descent |
Sarvarthasiddha |
| Date of Descent (Garbha Kalyanaka) |
Shravana Krishna 10 |
| Date of Birth (Janma Kalyanaka) |
Vaishakh ku. 14 |
| Age |
95,000 years |
| Height |
35 dhanusha (poles) |
| Body Colour |
Golden |
| Date of Enlightenment (Kevala Gyana Kalyanaka) |
Chaitra su. 5 |
| Date of Diksha (Diksha Kalyanaka) |
Vaishakh ku. 5 |
| Diksha Tree or Vat Vriksha |
Bhilaka |
| Place of Nirvana |
Sammed Shikharji |
| Date of Nirvana (Moksha Kalyanaka) |
Vaishakh su. 1 |
| First person to donate food |
Dharmamitra |
| Period of Meditation |
16 Years |
| Chief Disciple (Ganadhar) |
Samba |
| Head of Female Ascetics |
Damini |
| God of Organisation (Yaksh) |
Gandharva |
| Goddess of Organisation (Yakshini) |
Bala or Vijaya |
| Heaven |
Sarvarthasiddha |
| No. of Muni |
60,000 |
| No. of Aryika |
60,600 |
| No. of Shravak |
1,79,000 |
| No. of Shravika |
3,81,000 |
Famous Kunthunath Temples
Shri Hastinapur Teerth Kshetra, Hastinapur, Uttar Pradesh
Shri Munigiri Teerth, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu
Dilwara Temples, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
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